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Here's the problem with Widargelt: the man is literally stuck in the old ways. 🛡SPOILER SHIELD FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PLAY MONK, ALONGSIDE SOME STORMBLOOD STUFF🛡 Think about it: the man helps to train you in the old ways of the Fist of Rhalgr all the way up to the point where you beat him at the level 50 quest, and he effectively continues to help guide you in those old ways all the way through to the start of Stormblood. It's there where we effectively find out that the old ways of the Monk have been studied for long enough that there is an effective counter therein. It's then when he realizes that _maaaaaaaaaaaybe_ the old ways won't work for this, and you literally drag in Hamon Holyfist and help put him into shape with Pugilist techniques to create the hybrid *you* have been using ever since you got the job stone. Also: the fact that he's literally Ala Mhigan royalty isn't even known to him...and is shown to be effectively a *BAD THING* for the populace, considering who his uncle is (there's a damn good reason he's called the "Mad King"...). At least with Lyse, she was able to bring in more fresh ideas to the table, seeing as - despite her effectively being her dead sister's proxy - she is still more world-wise than our straightforward Monk trainer. Now, does it not make any lick of sense in the grand scheme of things? Probably. Would it have been more cool to have him a bit more involved with Ala Mhigo's liberation? I'd certainly like it. But I'm not exactly going to complain about what we got, considering the ties he has to it and how _his_ story ends. ...speaking of that, if you haven't done your 80 capstone for Monk, go do it. I personally think it puts everything into a nice package for him.

Over time I entirely forgot about that guy. Good points!

Today's alibi: Cardio

Rookie mistake. No, but for real. It's happened to all of us.

You know you messed up when a former teacher hits you with "that was the worst excuse I've heard in my life"

Hmm... Cat-person who wants to pretend to be a villain when they're really not... girl_dm_ or G'raha Tia?

I did not expect to see a recreation of the Pheidippides marathon Nike legend. O_o

"Dropped the ball" is the valid and succinct summary of Stormblood's entire story. Just, every single character and major story beat felt like hitting speed bumps doing 80. They recovered it in the patches, and it went on into Shadowbringers which is just one of the best pieces of entertainment media ever made. But hell, IN SHADOWBRINGERS, they also point out Stormblood straight-up happens at the wrong time, and that it should have occurred before Heavensward. Little meta nod, there. And chances are a lot of really hurried-feeling writing decisions were, well, hurried and not much-planned. ...I only leveled Monk to 50 but Widargelt seemed really cool ;_; .

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When you and your younger sibling are playing together and one of you ends up really hurts lol 😭😆

Just another reason Stormblood sucks

Running is supposed to help you not die

Man, I've never seen "Don't run, you'll only die tired" taken so literally before

so wait is hp tied to stamina or was this just a gag? still funny

He died as he lived: Running for his life.

When tag becomes lethal

Happy birthday DM!🎉

When I got to Stormblood, I almost immediately got hit by a wave of "Wow, I really don't care about this" when I saw that Lyse was gonna be the star of the show. And then it only got compounded when I saw Zenos, to which it made me just really not care what was going on. I will say, I just really liked Yotsuyu. Where I am now, it feels so nice to just have someone be genuinely terrible. Like she's just actively awful, and I'm all for it. Not much deeper than "I hate these people, so I'm gonna make their lives awful because I'm petty"

Because stormblood writers are absolute trash.

Yeah I totally thought Widargelt was gonna be part of SB. He even says at the end of ARR, "when the time cones, will you join me in taking back Ala Mhigo" or something along those lines. It was a very strange writing choice to not pay that off. Even if they still wanted Lyse to be the main character, he could've had a part to play.

The different writing teams argument is why books will never be fully replaced by other media. Books are still primarily the work of the single author who controls the narrative while everything else is storytelling by committee. This is worse for mmos, as much as I love them, the goal of said committee is to drag out the story and milk it for as long as possible.

another tick on the "stormblood was a rough patch for the story" and god dam this one i didnt even know existed AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA also wanna know another job quest mentor that has ties to stormblood and has had ties ever since ARR and even has depth into the story? do the ninja job quests and youll literally get a whole lot of lore about stormblood

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SO MUCH THIS!!!! It helps the world building so much when the role quests actually impact the story in any way at all. Feels so sad to see the potential of a perfect fit go unused when the replacement is... nonsensical at best.

the only counter argument i can offer is "he would have been even more out of place in Doma than Lyse was" but a good writer could rectify that im sure

I see your point. I get it. That said Lyse's part of the arc is WAY better than the snoozefest that is anything dealing with Lord Hien the Bland and Meh.

(Wait until you find out Ivon Coeurlfist, THE MONK, is just casually chillin' in the temple of the fist right next to where the Resistance is hiding. Meditating.)

You want to know another character who it would make total sense for them to have been the main character of Storm Blood, especially if it had a be Scion member with a relevant backstory? Minfilla. And if they still wanted to write out Lyse, there was no reason not to as she could still provide support in other ways. Although maybe they chickened out because that requires actually showing Minfilia as a leader and not relying on the 'read between the lines' nonsense they were doing.

He's Ala Mhigan royalty, I'm afraid. The Mad King was the catalyst to why Ala Mhigo fell in the first place. Lyse was a commoner.

Estinien was literally a nobody AND A VILLAIN in A Realm Reborn, and they just made him a hero and third best boy in Heavensward. Doing the same with Widargelt wasn't outside the realm of possibilities.

I mean, given how bad the previous nobility and royalty was before the Garleans, it makes sense that most Ala Mhigans would not trust someone with ties to that.

poor job quest NPCs got shafted after Shadowbringers lol

*GUITAR RIFF!*

Ok, but Estinien is not in the dragoon quests except for the very last ARR and SB ones, the HW ones are all about Heustienne. But you know who is in the dragoon quests in Stormblood? GODDAMN ERIC FROM THE ARR MONK QUESTS

First: Great video. Second: Unfortunately, I think estinien is the only job quest npc who shows up in msq

To be honest i wish job quest npc being added to the MSQ or at least to the role questline

You answered the question yourself, HE can't be the main character, they had to make HER the main character. Expecting anything else is just naive at this point, or you haven't been paying attention to the trends of what the "modern audience" wants.

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Estinien wasn't so much the Dragoon job quest leader / NPC, as he was just involved in the quests plot because in ARR he steals the eye of Nidhogg, and then is labeled a traitor to Ishgard, and then he's obviously still the Azure Dragoon so he's gotta make an appearance. they do not make MSQ - relevant characters job quest NPCs, not one single MSQ relevant character is also a job quest NPC, they are gameplay device characters that require some plot, but that's the length of their use. there are times in MSQ where Scion characters get separated, but they need to have NPCs available at all times, and still maintain MSQ believability, this is probably a main reason why. at least this got rid of Lyse, she was sort of a dead end character, no lore to her except her sister died and she took her place ( i forget why, but i think it has to do with Lyse being sought out by the empire or something? )

Happy birthday! Always enjoy watching your streams and one of my most favorite vtubers!

Stormblood had two writing teams, one for ala mhigo and another one for Doma. The one for Doma was better and the one for ala mhigo... was not. The contrast created some perceptual friction when traveling between the lands back and forth while going through the story

Can never forget Stormblood and the scars that it left

Finally, someno who reads the job quests story

Man I miss job quests I understand that making now almost 70 extra quests per expansion (5 per job) is a massive undertaking that would likely drag other parts of development down, but role quests just don't feel as fun or like they matter as much.

Never leveled Monk past 15 for old cross class reasons Never knew of this guy. That’s probably why. He’s a side character.

I agree a 100%

DM has gotten too comfortable online, and I love it.